10/07/2019
The recent changes introduced to EMIR via Refit modify the scope of counterparties subject to the clearing obligation – exemption for small financial counterparties and modified determination of non-financial counterparties.
10/07/2019
The ESAs are concerned about weaknesses in the control frameworks put in place by financial institutions
10/07/2019
Finance ministers in the European Union are expected to take Switzerland and the UAE off its list of tax haven jurisdictions on 10 October
10/07/2019
Under its 2020 draft budget, cash spending from the fund will decline to 243.6 billion Norwegian crowns ($26.79 billion) next year from 246.2 billion crowns in 2019, the Finance Ministry said.
10/07/2019
Convertible bonds offer an implied market timing mechanism, as well as much greater capital protection compared to direct equity market investments.
10/07/2019
The end of ‘new customers only’ is vital for the discretionary investment management market
10/07/2019
Currently, around 7,500 reporting financial institutions (banks, trusts, insurers, etc.) are registered with the FTA.
10/06/2019
The judge adopted the approach that it is important to avoid the fallacy of supposing that, because a witness is confident in his or her recollection and is honest, that their evidence is any reliable guide to the truth.
10/06/2019
US prosecutors call in current and former officials at lender to testify in cryptocurrency case
10/06/2019
The UK court will decide a claim brought by a Russian investor allegedly defrauded when large quantities of bitcoin were sent to an FX trader with the intention that it be converted to $US.
10/04/2019
There has been significant upward movement in Guernsey, with Corporate M&A promoted to tier one, joining Investment Funds, Dispute Resolution and new category Capital Markets in the top spot.
10/04/2019
The last of these measures expired on 31 July 2019. CySEC notified ESMA of the proposed national measures one month after ESMA’s measures expired and they are expected to take effect from 2 October 2019.
10/04/2019
He says they operated it by remote control from neighbouring land where they concealed themselves in a hide disguised with leaves and chicken wire and recorded details of his visitors.
10/04/2019
The report said investigators had found that the number of SLPs had fallen significantly and registrations were at their lowest level since 2010
10/04/2019
Around half a million Polish homeowners with Swiss franc loans have won their case in the European Court of Justice, which has ruled they can ask the Polish courts to convert their loans into the Polish Zloty.
10/04/2019
The strategy seeks to achieve this by capturing the upside during "bull" markets while protecting capital during market downturns.
10/04/2019
Other panellists at the event agreed that achieving substance has become an increasingly important issue in jurisdictional choice for general and limited partners and that Guernsey was now more strongly positioned in the market.
10/04/2019
The court made a confiscation order against Bhandari for £376,604, all of which is to be paid as compensation to the confirmed victims, while Mirza’s order is for £1.2m. More than £750,000 of this will be used as compensation.
10/03/2019
The film is based on the Panama Papers, a major investigation published in April 2016 by a group of media outlets led by the ICIJ.
10/03/2019
To comply with the Pillar 1 requirements in the new framework, EU banks would need EUR 26 billion of additional total capital, of which EUR 24.9 billion of Tier 1 capital.